Apparatus for use in the production of printed and embossed wallpapers and the like.



, H H. W. SANDERSON. v h APPARATUS FOR USE IN THE'PRQDUCTION OFPBINTBD KNDEMBO'SSBD WALL BAPE S AND THE LIKE.

APPLIOATION FILED IAN. 31 1912 s SHEETS-SHEET 1.

I owe rm HHRALD WILL/AIM WSWNDERSON H. W. SANDERSON.

APPARATUS FOR USE IN THE PRODUCTION OF PRINTED AND EMBOSSED WALL PAPERS A AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 31, 1912.

Patented Oct. 15, 1912.

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APPARATUS IOR' USE IN THE PRODUCTION 0E PRINTED AND EMBOSSED WALL PAPERS AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION TILED JAN. 31, 1912.

Patented Oct. 1-5, 1912.

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' urinates tori tisr'i In rim zenonuorr orior ritinrnn rm) Eimossnn WALL- maams. i I I a 1 Application Be it known that I, 'HARoLnWinuAM 1 SANnERso a subject. of the King'of Great Britain and Irelandgdirector of The Wall Paper Manufacturers Limited, A. Sander,-

son' & Sons Branch g 'of Chiswiok, inthe county ofMiddlsex', 'England, have mvented'jne'w and useful; I --ratus for Use inthe: Production of Printed of which the following is'a specification.

'The object of apparatus Where ed "and embossed Improvements in, Appa and EmbossedWall-P apers' and the Like,

my invention is to provide y the production of print-I wall-papers and the like can be effected in an improved and more J expeditious and economical m nneryaiid incidentally so that a' better "'proiliictis obtained. 7

*gl-A'cc'ordingto my invention I provide a combination of embossing rolls with a Y Lroller being provided ordinary copper rolle an ordinary printing vkind, but they are.

printing machine in w'hich the paper, .or other material,; before-1;" being embossed, passes between an: impression cylinder and printing rollers fa raged around, or partl around," the said e linder',

each printing v with .any suitable arrangement of color-distributing and printing devices which may, for example, be" an printing machine, or

, maphinean the may be aj pairo'f the ordinary 'ac'cording to iny invention, combined with the printing device and driven by gear arranged so astoinsure the proper relative peripheral speeds of the printing rollers, and theembossing rolls so that correct register is effected ,between them and the embossing of the paper is effected in exact position relatively to the printing previouslyfefleeted.

I will describe-an arrangement, or construction, according to my invention with reference to igures 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings, which represent elevationsat right angles to each other and Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic representation of the machine arranged in connection with an apparatus for preparing the paper to be printed andembossed.

1,2, are the'embossing rolls, 3 is the impression cylinder and 4 are the printing rollers each provided vwith their color troughs and distributing rollers. All the foregoing are mounted in bearings carried by framings 5, or brackets thereon. The

bossing 'rol s [peripheral speeds of PAPERS AND THE LIKE.

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driving shaft 6 is mounted in bearings in the same framings and is provided with a driving pulley 7 (or fast. and loose pulleys) and with a toothed wheel 8 which gears with another toothed wheel 9 of equal diameter fixed on the axis roll' 1, thesaid 'driving shaft 6 being also provided witha pinion 10 whi'ch is of a diameter equal to the diameter of the roll 1. Gearing with the pinion 10 is a toothed wheel 11 on a stud 12,. which toothed wheel 11 injturn'fdrivesla toothed wheel 13 runningloosely on; the stud 14. The impres I 3 is free to rotate on its own axisandit is so mounted that, if desired, it can be raised out of printing position. The v toothed Wheel 13 drives each of the printing rollers 4" by engaging a pinion 15 on the axis of each printing rollen, The printing rollers 1- and their pinions 15 are of the same diam.-

eter as the pinion l0 and the embossingroll 1, subject however to any slight increase in the diameters of the printing ro'llers'which may be necessary to allow for gathering up of-the paper, or the like, which may take place after printing owing to the depth of embossing done by the embossing rolls.

It will be evident from the foregoing thatthe circumferential, speeds of the printing rollers 4 and embossing rolls 1 and 2 are the same, subject to the aforesaid pos-' sible slight increase of the diameters ofthe printing rollers.

he counterembossing roll 2 which.cooperates with the driven embossing roll 1 is .geared with the embossing roll 1 by toothed giveequal wheels 16 and 17 of a diameter to the two rolls. The stud 12 of the wheel 11 is shown as being adjust able in a segmental slotl8 to enable the different sized embossing rolls and corresponding printing rolls 4 to be used.

The aforesaid arrangement of gearing enables a minimum number of wheels to be used and therefore correspondingly reduces backlash and friction and avoids objectionable take-up.

The parts not referred to may be like, or analogous to, corresponding parts respectively in ordinary embossing apparatus and wall-paper printing machines of the aforesaid type.

If desired I may dry I the printed web as it passes from the printer to the embosser and web on one side, or on ,both sides.

this may be done for example by blowing hot, or cold, air onto the said web.

'I can use the apparatus described for both printing and embossing the combined web, or for printing without embossing, or for embossing without printing, by guiding the combined web to the printer and thence to the embosser as described, or by taking it off from the printer without passing it throughv the said web the embosser, or by leading direct to the embosser without passing -it through the printer.

Fig. 3 illustrates the combination with the aforesaid apparatus of an apparatus for combining webs of paper, or other material, and cutting off their edges after the adhesive has been applied and while the combined webs arein a damp, or pulpy, condition,' as described in United States Letters granted tome, 19 being the poster, 21 the rolls which: press the webs together and 22 thecutters, but instead of passing the combined and-cut webfat' once through pattern embossing rolls, as in my said orm'er specification, way first to the aforesaid printing apparatus and afterward to the embossing appa- Patent No. 984,443,

ratus) through pressing rolls (illustrated at -23) one, or both, of which may be lined, or ribbed, rolls to slightly indent the combined The parts of the printing and embossing i'nachine whic' are shown in Fig. 3 are marked with reference numerals the same as those employed to denote the same parts in I have shown traveling apron at to carry the combined web to the printer, [1 web is indicated by the dot-and-piclc lines.

46 on, an em diameter meshing therewith,

What I claim' is 'lhln a combined printing and embossing machine, asdr iving shaft with pinion therebossing roll with pinion of like the specification of the rolls ofwebs, 2O

I pass it. (on its he said master gear,

a second pin ionon said driving shaft, a series ing rollers provided with pinions, a. master gear meshing therewith and a pinion interposed between said master gear and said second pinion on the driving shaftfor driv-- ing the printing rolls from'the latter, the

pinions of said printing-rolls driving gear being proportionedlto secure a peripheral speed fortheeprin ing rolls corresponding to that of the embossing rolls, as described.

2. In a combined printing and embossing machine, a" driving shaft with pinion there i an embossing roll with pinionfofflilge ditherewith, a second p nion ameter meshing series of printing rollers, a master 'fgear meshing therewith, a pinion interposed be tween said master gear and the second pin-.

'ion on the driving shaft for driving the printing rolls from the latter, and an adjust- .ble. stud carrying said whereby the position of thelatter may be shifted to accommodate difierent size pin-- ions on the driving shaft, for the purpose described. v g

3. In a combined printing and embossing machine, side framing, a driving shaft mounted in the upper portion thereof and vprojecting beyond the same, an embossing roll mounted adjacent said driving shaft, pinions on said roll and shaft operatively connecting the same together, a second pinionremov-ablymounted on the driving shaft outside the side frames, a series of printing rollers with'pinions thereon, a master gear controlling the same and a pinion, mounted on an adwstablest-ud, interposed between said second pinion on the driving shaft and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my.

" name-t0 this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. m

w ,I' HAROLD WILLIAM SANDERSON.

. v"Witnesses: r.

WILLIAM GERALD REYNOLDS, I

' O. J. WORTH. a

of print- 'removably mounted on said driving shaft, a

interposed pinion 

